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it has all turned white <i>and</i> he is clean. <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>But whenever raw flesh appears on him, he shall be unclean. <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>The priest shall look at the raw flesh, and he shall pronounce him unclean; the raw flesh is unclean, it is leprosy. <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>Or if the raw flesh turns again and is changed to white, then he shall come to the priest, <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>and the priest shall look at him, and behold, <i>if</i> the infection has turned to white, then the priest shall pronounce clean <i>him who has</i> the infection; he is clean. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>When the body has a boil on its skin and it is healed, <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>and in the place of the boil there is a white swelling or a reddish-white, bright spot, then it shall be shown to the priest; <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>and the priest shall look, and behold, <i>if</i> it appears to be lower than the skin, and the hair on it has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is the infection of leprosy, it has broken out in the boil. <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>But if the priest looks at it, and behold, there are no white hairs in it and it is not lower than the skin and is faded, then the priest shall isolate him for seven days; <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>and if it spreads farther on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is an infection. <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>But if the bright spot remains in its place and does not spread, it is <i>only</i> the scar of the boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>Or if the body sustains in its skin a burn by fire, and the raw <i>flesh</i> of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddish-white, or white, <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span>then the priest shall look at it. And if the hair in the bright spot has turned white and it appears to be deeper than the skin, it is leprosy; it has broken out in the burn. Therefore, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is an infection of leprosy. <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>But if the priest looks at it, and indeed, there is no white hair in the bright spot and it is no deeper than the skin, but is dim, then the priest shall isolate him for seven days; <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-27.htm" target="_top"><b>27</b></a></span>and the priest shall look at him on the seventh day. If it spreads farther in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is an infection of leprosy. <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-28.htm" target="_top"><b>28</b></a></span>But if the bright spot remains in its place and has not spread in the skin, but is dim, it is the swelling from the burn; and the priest shall pronounce him clean, for it is <i>only</i> the scar of the burn. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-29.htm" target="_top"><b>29</b></a></span>Now if a man or woman has an infection on the head or on the beard, <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-30.htm" target="_top"><b>30</b></a></span>then the priest shall look at the infection, and if it appears to be deeper than the skin and there is thin yellowish hair in it, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a scale, it is leprosy of the head or of the beard. <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-31.htm" target="_top"><b>31</b></a></span>But if the priest looks at the infection of the scale, and indeed, it appears to be no deeper than the skin and there is no black hair in it, then the priest shall isolate <i>the person</i> with the scaly infection for seven days. <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-32.htm" target="_top"><b>32</b></a></span>On the seventh day the priest shall look at the infection, and if the scale has not spread and no yellowish hair has grown in it, and the appearance of the scale is no deeper than the skin, <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-33.htm" target="_top"><b>33</b></a></span>then he shall shave himself, but he shall not shave the scale; and the priest shall isolate <i>the person</i> with the scale seven more days. <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-34.htm" target="_top"><b>34</b></a></span>Then on the seventh day the priest shall look at the scale, and if the scale has not spread in the skin and it appears to be no deeper than the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean; and he shall wash his clothes and be clean. <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-35.htm" target="_top"><b>35</b></a></span>But if the scale spreads farther in the skin after his cleansing, <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-36.htm" target="_top"><b>36</b></a></span>then the priest shall look at him, and if the scale has spread in the skin, the priest need not seek for the yellowish hair; he is unclean. <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-37.htm" target="_top"><b>37</b></a></span>If in his sight the scale has remained, however, and black hair has grown in it, the scale has healed, he is clean; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-38.htm" target="_top"><b>38</b></a></span>When a man or a woman has bright spots on the skin of the body, <i>even</i> white bright spots, <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-39.htm" target="_top"><b>39</b></a></span>then the priest shall look, and if the bright spots on the skin of their bodies are a faint white, it is eczema that has broken out on the skin; he is clean. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-40.htm" target="_top"><b>40</b></a></span>Now if a man loses the hair of his head, he is bald; he is clean. <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-41.htm" target="_top"><b>41</b></a></span>If his head becomes bald at the front and sides, he is bald on the forehead; he is clean. <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-42.htm" target="_top"><b>42</b></a></span>But if on the bald head or the bald forehead, there occurs a reddish-white infection, it is leprosy breaking out on his bald head or on his bald forehead. <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-43.htm" target="_top"><b>43</b></a></span>Then the priest shall look at him; and if the swelling of the infection is reddish-white on his bald head or on his bald forehead, like the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the body, <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-44.htm" target="_top"><b>44</b></a></span>he is a leprous man, he is unclean. The priest shall surely pronounce him unclean; his infection is on his head. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-45.htm" target="_top"><b>45</b></a></span>As for the leper who has the infection, his clothes shall be torn, and the hair of his head shall be uncovered, and he shall cover his mustache and cry, Unclean! Unclean! <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-46.htm" target="_top"><b>46</b></a></span>He shall remain unclean all the days during which he has the infection; he is unclean. He shall live alone; his dwelling shall be outside the camp. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-47.htm" target="_top"><b>47</b></a></span>When a garment has a mark of leprosy in it, whether it is a wool garment or a linen garment, <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-48.htm" target="_top"><b>48</b></a></span>whether in warp or woof, of linen or of wool, whether in leather or in any article made of leather, <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-49.htm" target="_top"><b>49</b></a></span>if the mark is greenish or reddish in the garment or in the leather, or in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of leather, it is a leprous mark and shall be shown to the priest. <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-50.htm" target="_top"><b>50</b></a></span>Then the priest shall look at the mark and shall quarantine the article with the mark for seven days. <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-51.htm" target="_top"><b>51</b></a></span>He shall then look at the mark on the seventh day; if the mark has spread in the garment, whether in the warp or in the woof, or in the leather, whatever the purpose for which the leather is used, the mark is a leprous malignancy, it is unclean. <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-52.htm" target="_top"><b>52</b></a></span>So he shall burn the garment, whether the warp or the woof, in wool or in linen, or any article of leather in which the mark occurs, for it is a leprous malignancy; it shall be burned in the fire. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-53.htm" target="_top"><b>53</b></a></span>But if the priest shall look, and indeed the mark has not spread in the garment, either in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of leather, <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-54.htm" target="_top"><b>54</b></a></span>then the priest shall order them to wash the thing in which the mark occurs and he shall quarantine it for seven more days. <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-55.htm" target="_top"><b>55</b></a></span>After the article with the mark has been washed, the priest shall again look, and if the mark has not changed its appearance, even though the mark has not spread, it is unclean; you shall burn it in the fire, whether an eating away has produced bareness on the top or on the front of it. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-56.htm" target="_top"><b>56</b></a></span>Then if the priest looks, and if the mark has faded after it has been washed, then he shall tear it out of the garment or out of the leather, whether from the warp or from the woof; <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-57.htm" target="_top"><b>57</b></a></span>and if it appears again in the garment, whether in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of leather, it is an outbreak; the article with the mark shall be burned in the fire. <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-58.htm" target="_top"><b>58</b></a></span>The garment, whether the warp or the woof, or any article of leather from which the mark has departed when you washed it, it shall then be washed a second time and will be clean. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/13-59.htm" target="_top"><b>59</b></a></span>This is the law for the mark of leprosy in a garment of wool or linen, whether in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of leather, for pronouncing it clean or unclean. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And if the leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his feet, as far as appeareth to the priest;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But if the leprosy spring out running about in the skin, and cover all the skin from the head to the feet, whatsoever falleth under the sight of the eyes, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/leviticus/13.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />But if the leprosy break out much in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the sore, from his head even to his foot, wherever the eyes of the priest look,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And if the leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his feet, as far as appeareth to the priest;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And if a leprosy shall break out in the skin, and the leprosy shall cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot, wherever the priest looketh;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />"If the leprosy breaks out all over the skin, and the leprosy covers all the skin of the infected person from his head even to his feet, as far as it appears to the priest;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And if the leprosy break out greatly in the skin, and the leprosy hath covered all the skin of him who hath the plague, from his head even unto his feet, to all that appeareth to the eyes of the priest,<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcgarvey/the_four-fold_gospel/xcv_journey_to_jerusalem_ten.htm">Journey to Jerusalem. Ten Lepers. Concerning the Kingdom. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">(Borders of Samaria and Galilee.) ^C Luke XVII. 11-37. ^c 11 And it came to pass, as they were on their way to Jerusalem, that he was passing along the borders of Samaria and Galilee. [If our chronology is correct, Jesus passed northward from Ephraim about forty miles, crossing Samaria (here mentioned first), and coming to the border of Galilee. He then turned eastward along that border down the wady Bethshean which separates the two provinces, and crossed the Jordan into Peræa, where we soon <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcgarvey/the_four-fold_gospel/xcv_journey_to_jerusalem_ten.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">J. W. McGarvey—</span><span class="citation2">The Four-Fold Gospel</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcgarvey/the_four-fold_gospel/xxxiv_jesus_heals_a_leper.htm">Jesus Heals a Leper and Creates Much Excitement. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">^A Matt.VIII. 2-4; ^B Mark I. 40-45; ^C Luke V. 12-16. ^c 12 And it came to pass, while he was in one of the cities [it was a city of Galilee, but as it was not named, it is idle to conjecture which city it was], behold, ^b there cometh { ^a came} ^b to him a leper [There is much discussion as to what is here meant by leprosy. Two diseases now go by that name; viz., psoriasis and elephantiasis. There are also three varieties of psoriasis, namely, white, black and red. There are also three varieties <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcgarvey/the_four-fold_gospel/xxxiv_jesus_heals_a_leper.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">J. W. McGarvey—</span><span class="citation2">The Four-Fold Gospel</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/doddridge/practical_discourses_on_regeneration/discourse_i_of_the_character.htm">Of the Character of the Unregenerate. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">Ephes. ii. 1, 2. And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience. AMONG all the various trusts which men can repose in each other, hardly any appears to be more solemn and tremendous, than the direction of their sacred time, and especially of those hours which they spend in the exercise of public devotion. <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/doddridge/practical_discourses_on_regeneration/discourse_i_of_the_character.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Philip Doddridge—</span><span class="citation2">Practical Discourses on Regeneration</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/the_ten_commandments/2_3_the_third_commandment.htm">The Third Commandment</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: For the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.' Exod 20: 7. This commandment has two parts: 1. A negative expressed, that we must not take God's name in vain; that is, cast any reflections and dishonour on his name. 2. An affirmative implied. That we should take care to reverence and honour his name. Of this latter I shall speak more fully, under the first petition in the Lord's Prayer, Hallowed be thy name.' I shall <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/the_ten_commandments/2_3_the_third_commandment.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Thomas Watson—</span><span class="citation2">The Ten Commandments</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/leviticus.htm">Leviticus</a><br></span><span class="snippet">The emphasis which modern criticism has very properly laid on the prophetic books and the prophetic element generally in the Old Testament, has had the effect of somewhat diverting popular attention from the priestly contributions to the literature and religion of Israel. From this neglect Leviticus has suffered most. Yet for many reasons it is worthy of close attention; it is the deliberate expression of the priestly mind of Israel at its best, and it thus forms a welcome foil to the unattractive <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/leviticus.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Edgar McFadyen—</span><span class="citation2">Introduction to the Old Testament</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/13-12.htm">Leviticus 13:12 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/leviticus/13-12.htm">Leviticus 13:12 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/leviticus/13-12.htm">Leviticus 13:12 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/leviticus/13-12.htm">Leviticus 13:12 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/leviticus/13-12.htm">Leviticus 13:12 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/13-12.htm">Leviticus 13:12 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/leviticus/13-12.htm">Leviticus 13:12 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../leviticus/13-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 13:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 13:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../leviticus/13-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 13:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 13:13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/leviticus/13-12.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>